Near-Apneic Ventilation Decreases Lung Injury and Fibroproliferation in an Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Model with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

What is it about?

ECMO is an extracorporeal lung support that can be life-saving in severe acute respiratory failure (ARDS) by improving gas exchange and by resting the sick lungs. We studied in a pig model of ARDS supported with ECMO how to optimize mechanical ventilation in order to better rest the lungs. We found that keeping the lungs in a near apneic state was the best way to protect the lungs.

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